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The Dirty Truth: The Oil and Chemical Dependency of George W. Bush Paperback – October 2, 2000

by Rick Abraham (Author)

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THE DIRTY TRUTH unmasks a presidential hopeful who fails to walk his talk of "local control," "partnership," and "personal responsibility." It documents the abysmal environmental record of Texas Governor George W. Bush and reveals a controversial back room style of governing that grants special access and consideration to big business polluters and campaign contributors. THE DIRTY TRUTH follows their money to show how they were allowed to shape public policy and reap benefits at the expense of Texans and the environment.

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200 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Mainstream Pub Co
Publication date

October 2, 2000
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5.5 x 0.5 x 8 inches
ISBN-10

0970519001
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978-0970519009
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"...there is almost always a trail of money and improper influence leading to bad environmental decisions and policy. THE DIRTY TRUTH shows how George W. Bush pollution made pollution that was awful...lawful." -- From the forward by Terry O'Rourke, former Texas Assistant Attorney

THE DIRTY TRUTH documents more than the true environmental record of George W. Bush. It reveals a shadowy style of government that caters to big business special interests..." -- Jim Hightower, nationally syndicated radio commentator, author of,

THE DIRTY TRUTH, succinctly written and thoroughly documented, sets out the further and emphatic environmental deterioration in Texas under George W. Bush... -- Sissy Farenthold, former Texas legislator instrumental in passing the

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mainstream Pub Co; 1st edition (October 2, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0970519001
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0970519009
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 8 inches

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John Bonavia

Bush's actions speak louder than his (deceptive) words

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2006

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It's really extraordinary how the Bush supporters who review the book have no specific points to make, at all. They just call it a "hatchet job" or a "false perception of the truth" (hey, how can you have a "false perception" - if you simply describe something that's true, where does "perception" come in?). Wouldn't be surprised if they hadn't read it, just taking umbrage at the tone of the favorable reviews.

The real value of this book is for those who are uncertain whether to accept Bush as a person who is simply misinformed but honest (in issues such as Iraq WMD, etc.) or whether he is someone who deliberately sets out to mislead, using lies, distortions and secrecy to achieve his ends. Once you've read this account of his tenure as Governor of Texas, you will be in no doubt. It's a truly shameful catalog of dishonesty and sleaze.

Is it factual? Well, there are 222 (count'em, 222) endnotes giving sources for everything in the book. If the righties can show where these are all wrong, I might be able to pay them some attention. Until then I thank the well-respected writer Rick Abraham for helping us to "perceive" some important truths.

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Everyone should read this

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2008

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I wish more people had read this before the second election. It is a little late now but you might want to read this before you hand over more power to the Republican party. A very good expose about corporate influence over politics (and I DO live in texas). And Bush did go on to repeat this same pattern over and over again, putting corperate priorities above the publics needs, time and time again. I remember Rice saying in an interview that Bush agonizes over every decision. You sure cannot tell it from the decisions he makes. My favorite moment was when he was speaking about Katrina, saying that he was going to get to the bottom of the goverments lack of response. When of course the biggest problem was the guy that HE appointed, which had no business being in that job.
Just read the book, very well documented as well, this is right on the money, every voter that gives a damn should read this. It will open up your eyes.

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John McLane

A well-written expose of President George W. Bush and his administration. Not for everybody.

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2020

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I thought it was written well and the information was presented in a manner that made it easy to follow.

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watzizname

Should Have Been 9 or 10 Stars!

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2001

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If only this book had been proofread before printing, it would deserve the top rating. (I know there is no 10-star rating available here, but it could be established.)

Anyone who doubts that the current President-appointee is a disgrace to the Oval Office should read this detailed account of his shameful performance as governor of Texas.

As governor, Dubya consistently did everything he could to protect the interests of companies which polluted the air and water of Texas; he demonstrated that he cared nothing for the rights of the poor or the middle classes. He championed legislation to protect wealthy polluters from being required to pay for cleaning up their messes, leaving toxic wastes to be cleaned up at taxpayers' expense or left to poison those living in the neighborhood where the waste was dumped.

Shrub even fought to have toxic and radioactive wastes from other states brought to Texas, and dumped near the Mexican border, where people of little political clout (Hispanics and Afro-Americans, mostly, and certainly none of the wealthy) are living.

He even had the gall to deny Texans their constitutional right to protest peacefully on the public sidewalk against his outrageous misconduct as governor. Texans who were violating no law, but who were publicly protesting Shrub's wrongdoing, were arrested, strip-searched, and held overnight in jail.

Little wonder that Shrub has pretty well established himself as the worst President in our nation's history. And most likely, the worst is yet to come. If only the facts cited in this book had been widely publicized before and during the election campaign, we might now have a decent President who would not be so eager to lead us into an unwinnable war for the benefit of "defense" contractors that contributed generously to his campaign.

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Phoenix Woman

The Dirty Truth: Stranger than Fiction

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2001

About every third page of this book, I would run across something that would make me so angry that I'd have to set the book down and burn off my anger by channeling it into cleaning something: dusting off the bookshelves, filling up the dishwasher, picking up the dirty clothes.
Thanks to Rick Abraham's expose of the slimeball-in-chief currently squatting in the White House, my home is immaculate.
Mr. Abraham details Bush family malfeasance so gross and so blatant as to take one's breath away. Starting with Harken and Arbusto and working his way through the UTIMCO mess, Abraham's book shows the inner workings of a powerful family and its minions, a group that operates with the shamelessness of mafiosi and the arrogance of Louis XIV. He touches on the various recreational chemical indulgences of the Bushes, but most of the book is dedicated to exposing the kleptocratic nature of what independent observers have already tagged "The Bush Crime Family".
This book is a must-read. Just make sure you keep your blood pressure meds handy.

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T Williams

Great Read

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2018

See most of the positive reviews above; I don't have much to say outside of that. Great job on the research.

I stumbled on this book in a college library, just sitting there. It hadn't even been checked out in over a decade. Issue books like this are all over our universities, yet, as a group, we remain massively uninformed. Amazing...

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2001

In comprehensive detail, Abrahm builds the case against George W. and his policies. Far from being an independent moderate, Bush is the pawn of big business and big oil and will not embrace any agenda that would remotely conflict with that goal.
Please bear in mind that it is not the oil industry itself that is evil (my father is a geologist and moderate Democrat) but the extent to which Bush has promoted this industy without common sense disregard for laws, ethics or consideration of impact upon others. This book is worth the read for anybody who wants the real truth that has too often been suppressed by the "liberal" media.

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